+1 for the PDT Incubator
+1 for the Athena builds (BTW, when are we planning to make a transition
to Athena in PDT? :] )

First person* to have free time to work on it is welcome to. :)

Read the "getting started in Eclipse" [1] guide, set it up locally in
your workspace, check in your new .releng project (eg.,
/cvsroot/tools/org.eclipse.pdt/releng/ into CVS, then open a bug and
I'll hook up the Hudson part.

Can I assume this project's subprojects/components will use Athena for
their builds & release independently (ie. one build per cmpt rather
than one build for all of PDT-I) ?

N

On 7/19/09, Roy Ganor <roy@xxxxxxxx <mailto:roy@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> During the next few days a project proposal will be submitted to
the Eclipse
> Foundation targeting the creation of âPDT Incubatorâ project. You
can read
> more details about this proposal at the bottom of this email.
>
> Since some of you contribute code and patches to the Eclipse PDT
I would
> like to welcome you and ask if you are willing to join this
project and be a
> committer/mentor that is maintained under the Eclipse Foundation
projects.
>
>
>
> If you are interested joining the initial committers or mentors
list, please
> reply to this email with a â+1â with a short bio and a short
description on
> your experience with Eclipse/PDT. You can also add your own comments
> regarding this proposal.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Roy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The PDT Incubator is a proposed open source project under the PDT
Project.
>
>
>
> This proposal is in the Project Proposal Phase (as defined in the
Eclipse
> Development Process document) and is written to declare its
intent and
> scope. This proposal is written to solicit additional
participation and
> input from the Eclipse community. You are invited to comment on
and/or join
> the project. Please send all feedback to the
> http://www.eclipse.org/newsportal/thread.php?group=eclipse.tools.pdt
> newsgroup.
>
>
>
> Background
>
>
>
> The goal of the PDT Incubator project is to experiment with
alternative
> ideas and technologies for enhancing and complementing PDT. For
example, the
> addition of Smarty source editing, Aspect oriented programming
PDT, are
> possible areas of investigation for the PDT Incubator. In
addition to this,
> the Incubator is also intended to serve as a forum for interested
third
> parties and a place for the development of additional components
and tools
> for PDT outside of the restrictions of the PDT project itself.
This includes
> the development of additional source editing improvements and other
> components improvements. Incubator components are intended to
stay in the
> Incubator until they are mature enough to be integrated into the main
> development stream.
>
>
>
> Initial Work Areas
>
>
>
> APDT â Aspect PDT
>
> The Aspect PHP Development Tools (APDT) [1] project provides Eclipse
> platform based tool support for AOSD with PHP. It has been
developed by
> William Candillon during the Google Summer of Code 2008 [2] and
mentored by
> Michael Spector.
>
>
>
> SmartyPDT
>
> The SmartyPDT [3] Editor adds a Smarty support for PDT. Smarty is
a template
> engine for PHP, this project enables users to develop Smarty projects
> utilizing the power of PDT development tool. It has been developed by
> William Candillon and Roy Ganor.
>
>
>
> Out of Scope
>
>
>
> Work in the PDT Incubator will be constrained to only those
efforts that we
> expect to graduate (i.e. the code will eventually become part of
PDT). It is
> not a playground for arbitrary development efforts. In addition,
we should
> ensure that investment in the incubator never leaves the
community with the
> perception that it is coming at the cost of important work on the PDT
> project.
>
>
>
>
>
> Mentors
>
> Â Current committers of the Eclipse PDT project
>
> Â ???
>
>
>
> Initial Committers
>
> Â ???
>
>
>
> The initial committers will be all committers on the current
incubator
> components. Commit rights will be handled on a
component-by-component basis.
>
>
>
>
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/apdt/
>
> [2] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2008
>
> [3] code.google.com/p/smartypdt/
<http://code.google.com/p/smartypdt/>
>
>
>
>